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Consumer court: Furniture shop sued for Rs200,000
LAHORE: A consumer court has issued notice to the proprietor of a furniture shop which has been sued for Rs200,000 over the sale of a bed. The petitioner submitted that he had purchased the bed,...
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Lahore BISE: Pass percentage drops five points
LAHORE: The Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education declared the results of the Secondary School Certificate Part 1 (9th class) annual examinations of 2013 here on Wednesday, announcing...
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Joseph Colony: Blasphemy case adjourned for September 5
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ghulam Murtaza on Wednesday directed the SHO concerned to produce prosecution witnesses for September 5 against Sawan Masih who was accused of...
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Family protests death from police torture
FAISALABAD: Several people from the Lundianwala area on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against the police for allegedly torturing to death a man in their custody. The protesters, most of...
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Bank heist: Robbers in police uniforms take away Rs850,000
FAISALABAD: Three robbers in police uniforms on Wednesday took away Rs850,000 from Dijkot Road Branch of United Bank Limited. They also beat up one of the security guards. He was later taken to a...
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Police torture: LHC orders inquiry into alleged death in custody
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed the district and sessions judge and the inspector general (IG) of Punjab Police to look into allegations that police officials tortured and killed a...
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Go green: ‘Pakistan needs sustainable development’
LAHORE: It is time for Pakistan to have a sound environment policy, said participants at a networking luncheon hosted by the Pakistan Green Building Council on Wednesday. Lawyer Rafay Alam, an...
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BA/BSc results: Girls come top, private colleges beat govt
LAHORE: Girls clinched the top three positions in the annual BA/BSc exams for 2013, while private colleges outperformed government colleges, according to results announced by the Punjab University on...
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All set for by-elections today
SARGODHA / BAHAWALPUR / FAISALABAD / MULTAN: By-polls are being held in south Punjab for two National Assembly and eight Provincial Assembly seats. According to Inter Services Public Relations, 3,200...
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60 villages swamped in Sindh
MULTAN / HYDERABAD: At least 60 villages on the Indus riverbed in the Matiari and Jamshoro districts have gone underwater as the Kotri barrage – the last gated structure on the river – has received...
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Battle of the cooks: MasterChef contestant judges local competition
LAHORE: The aroma of delicious food pervaded the hall as 30 girls from six schools and colleges battled it out in a 90-minute cooking competition at the Lahore College for Women University on...
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Punjab Assembly: Local govt bill passed with majority
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Local Government Bill 2013 with a majority vote on Wednesday, after turning down a series of amendments, including for party-based elections, proposed by...
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Gang busted: Two arrested for stealing human bones
MULTAN: Two men were arrested on Thursday for allegedly stealing bones from a graveyard in Naag Shah. Zahoor Hussain, a worker at the graveyard, told police that he saw the suspects, Nasir and Zakir,...
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Heinous crime: Three arrested for gang rape, murder
BAHAWALPUR: “Police have arrested the criminals involved in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old boy abducted on August 11 from Yazman,” District Police Officer Sohail Habib Tajik told a press...
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Police brutality: Cases against 6 policemen for death in custody
FAISALABAD: Cases have been registered against six police officials, including the Lundianwala station house officer (SHO), on murder charge on Thursday. Police officials said Lundianwala police had...
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Model Town Society: Registrar to decide power supply cases
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday set aside the registrar for cooperative societies’ (RCS) order to the Model Town Society to restore the power supply to residential buildings being used for...
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Criminal negligence: LHC seeks report on challan in child-maiming case
LAHORE: The chief justice of the Lahore High Court has sought a report from the Sheikhupura district and sessions judge on the submission of a challan in a case of alleged criminal negligence which...
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Local business: Industrial zone to be established for garments sector
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday said an efficient garments sector could earn huge foreign exchange and generate thousands of jobs. He said the government had signed an agreement...
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Caught red-handed: Thieves beaten up by citizens, arrested by police
MULTAN: In two incidents in the city here on Thursday, robbers were beaten up by citizens before being handed over to the police. The first incident took place at Nishtar Hospital. Police said...
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The third person: Man beats sister-in-law to death
BAHAWALPUR: A woman died after being hit allegedly by her brother-in-law while she tried tos top him from hitting his wife here on Thursday. The man’s wife was injured and taken to a hospital, where...
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